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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1973

5 stories in Dubbo & the Western Plains's papers

Gold by the bucketful

Western Magazine · Monday 26 February 1973 · page 9

Proclamation of Hill End as an historic site and the recent opening of a…

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Church Opens a Mining Museum

Western Magazine · Monday 28 May 1973 · page 2

Using a century-old broadaxe, and to the accompaniment of a whistle from an ancient traction engine, the Minister for Lands and Tourism (Mr T. L. Lewis) recently cut a ribbon…

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Gold Coast Honeymoon

The Western Herald · Friday 15 June 1973 · page 2

Mr. and Mrs. Roy Bligh are spending their honeymoon on the Gold Coast following their wedding at…

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Gold Award Winners

The Western Herald · Friday 5 October 1973 · page 8

HIS Royal Highness, the Duke of Edinburgh will personally present to two girls well-known in Bourke their…

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Bourke Students Witness Prime Philip Present Gold Awards

The Western Herald · Friday 2 November 1973 · page 4

Bourke High School students were amongst the 1100 invited guests In the Dubbo Civic Centre on Saturday…

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